Spring fishing trip, a fishing boat of Quynh Luu fishermen earned 3 billion VND

Accordingly, after the breakLunar New Year of the Cat, from February 1 to 4, or from January 11 to 14, fisherman Dao Hung Mau's fishing boat caught over 30 tons of needlefish and returned to shore. With a selling price of 90,000 VND/kg, the trip was worth nearly 3 billion VND. After deducting the cost of fishing gear, fuel and labor, the boat owner earned about 2 billion VND/trip.

Customers buy hairtail fish after fisherman Dao Hung Mau's boat returns to the South bank of Lach Quen port, Quynh Thuan commune, Quynh Luu. Photo: CSCC

The ship owner and fishermen check the fishing gear before leaving the port. According to the fishermen, catching hairtail has high economic value but the cost of fishing gear is high, because to catch large hairtail with sharp teeth, most of the nets are torn and have to be replaced with new ones. Photo: Nguyen Hai

According to the representative of the Quynh Long Commune Fisheries Union: The fishing boat of Mr. Dao Hung Mau's family is one of the commune's fishing boats that has been fishing effectively for the past few years.

According to preliminary statistics, after the Lunar New Year holiday, 20 out of 37 offshore fishing boats of Quynh Long people went to sea, including boats that went to sea on the 4th day of Tet and had 2 fishing trips, the average output value reached from 200 million to nearly 1 billion VND/trip.

After fishing, fishing boats anchor at the southern bank of Lach Quen port, prepare fuel, fresh water and ice to go out to sea. Photo: Nguyen Hai

The fishing boats of the two fishermen who had the most effective catches were:Mr. Nguyen Van Minh's trip on the 4th day of Tet in Minh Thanh village was worth nearly 2 billion VND and Mr. Dao Hung Mau's trip on the 14th of January in Dai Bac village was worth 3 billion VND.

After the Lunar New Year holiday and the full moon of January, Tien Thuy fishermen's boats set out to fish. Photo: Nguyen Hai

According to the Nghe An Fisheries Association, the Chinese market is now trading normally, the demand for importing seafood products, especially hairtail fish, is very large and the price of seafood has increased by about 20% (normally hairtail fish costs from 50,000 - 70,000 VND/kg, but now it has increased to 80,000 - 90,000 VND/kg). Therefore, fishermen need to calculate to go offshore to develop production as soon as possible./.